Improvement in picture-frames



A.-KOMP.

Picture-Frame. v No. 207,532. Patented Aug. 27, I878 saga. my.

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N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON..D O

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,532, dated August .27, 1878; application filed December 5, 1877.

After the pastcboard c has been prepared and ornamented, as above stated, it is subjected to pressure under suitable dies, so as to produce a shell of the form shown in Fig. 4, or of any other form desirable for the purpose. hen the shell is finished, that portion of the pasteboard inside the strip f is cut out and the shell is secured to the body A by glue or any other suitable means.

It wi I be readily seen that by following my invention a great variety of hi ghly-ornamen tal shells can be produced at a comparatively low invented a new and useful Improvement in rames for Pictures, Mirrors, and other Articles, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 show face views of the shell of my frame during several stages of its manufacture. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 5 is a face view of the frame when finished, and Fig. 6 is a transverse sec- S1milar letters indicate corresponding parts.

' 's invention consists in a frame for pictures and other article said frame being composed of a body w 10h is made of wood lowe I am aware that ornamental frames have been made of paper-pulp also, that mats have een made from wood with attached paper strips; also, of a composition of glue and saw dust, and of other materials; but the disadvantage of such frames is that the materials from which the same are made are too hard to allow of driving tacks into them, and it is difficult to secure the back-plate, and with this the picture itself, in the frame.

In my frame the bodyA is made of pine wood, and the picture, together with its backplate, can e readily secured by tacks i, (see Fig. 6,) while the face of the frame can be made highly ornamental at a comparatively low cost.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

s a new article of manufacture, the picture-frame A, having the ornamental molded exterior surfaces wholly covered and concealed bya shell, stamped u from paper or other frame of a highly ornamental character can be produced at a low price.

In the drawings, the letter A, Fig. 6, designates'the body of my frame, which is made of recess, a, into which are placed the glass pane the picture 0, and the back-plate d. With this body is combined a shell, B, Figs. 4 and ible material, and secured to the body A by cement or any means which will accomplish the desired result.

pose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of November, 1877.

ALBERT KOMP. IL. s. j

the pasteboard are covered with strips 9,

i Fig. 2, of any suitablefancy paper. After this has een accomplished the faces of the strips f, or the corners only, are ornamented by impressions h, which are produced in the same manner as on book-covers, and which may be of any suitable nature. 1

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

